ZAGREB, April 7 (Hina) - Cedo Prodanovic, the attorney of General Ivan Cermak, has said that the video footage of General Ante Gotovina at a meeting with officers after the liberation of Knin should not formally produce an effect on
the decision of the UN war crimes tribunal's trial chamber on releasing his client pending trial, but he admitted that the tape "certainly does not help Cermak".
ZAGREB, April 7 (Hina) - Cedo Prodanovic, the attorney of General Ivan
Cermak, has said that the video footage of General Ante Gotovina at a
meeting with officers after the liberation of Knin should not formally
produce an effect on the decision of the UN war crimes tribunal's
trial chamber on releasing his client pending trial, but he admitted
that the tape "certainly does not help Cermak".#L#
Asked by reporters how much the video tape on which the Globus weekly
reported would influence the decision on temporary release of Cermak
from the custody in The Hague, the lawyer said on Wednesday that the
matter whether somebody would be detained in custody or temporarily
released was not directly related to the establishment of somebody's
guilt.
Prodanovic said that as far as he knew, the video footage did not give
any new moments regarding the duties which Cermak had in the area of
Knin after the August 1995 Storm Operation.
The lawyer also said he did not see any reason for the appearance of
the video tape to considerably change Cermak's position before the
Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, given that the footage was made
on 8 August 1995, the day when Cermak arrived in Knin with the task to
help establish civilian life.
"All his orders and decisions, made from 6 August to mid-November
1995, refer only to the establishment of civilian life and the
communication with the international community and the media, "
Prodanovic said.
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